Chongming Xianzong
Chapter 267: Strike first
Chapter 267: Strike first
"You could convince him with such a poor excuse?" Sima Fei was still calculating as usual. He didn't look up when he heard Gun Shilu come in.
"Just do as Sima says. How can I not be persuaded?" Even though Gun Shilu had made a fake elixir and was given a title, he was still respectful to Sima Fei and did not show any arrogance.
"Okay," Fei Sima put away the abacus and continued, "The first cut of a blunt knife is always the hardest. It's just a cave viewing token, which is nothing. As long as he is willing to accept it, I am willing to give it to him even if it is a better thing. A fish that has eaten the bait can't escape."
The Sima thought for a moment before saying, "From the looks of it, if Sima wants to get what he wants and take the Black Shoe Taoist into his palace, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort."
Sima Fei curled his lips slightly: "Even if he doesn't want to enter the state court, it doesn't matter, after all."
Fei Sima stopped talking halfway through his words, and the smug look on his face disappeared.
Sima Gun saw it clearly, but said nothing.
It can be seen that Sima Fei is really happy today. Gun Shilu has been Sima Fei's assistant for nearly half a century, but he has rarely seen the latter lose his composure like this.
The two of them understood each other so well that even if Feinan did not say this, Sima Gongjia could still add the next sentence:
"After all, those Kuang family members are used to doing things that only look at plums to quench their thirst. How can they compare to us, the wealthy families in the capital, who are willing to invest? If Hei Li doesn't join the Kuang family, then he can still be used by my Fei family."
After all, Fei Nan'ao was not only the Green-robed Sima of the Yunjiao State Court, but also one of the most outstanding children of the Fei family at that time;
After all, the Fei family of Yingzhou, a wealthy and powerful family, would not be like the Anshan Gun family, a poor and wealthy family whose family property could not be preserved, and would attach all their thoughts to the Kuang family;
After all, even among the nobles sitting in the front of the court, how many of them really want to stand together with David's clan?
After all, the Liaoyuan Gui family, the Dahuang Jiang family and other immortal dynasties who claim to be willing to perish together with the country, but when you look closely, how big of a difference are they compared to the Zhaixing Tower who are entrenched in the local area and are unruly?
Therefore, sometimes even Gun Shilu felt sorry for Kuang Liuting.
Even if the latter has extraordinary talent, it is extremely difficult for him to clean up the Kuang family's empire and clear up the world.
Gun Shilu was willing to help, but he was unable to do so; Fei Nanying could accompany Kuang Liuting for a longer period of time, but he might not always stay with Kuang Liuting.
It would take a long time to talk about these thoughts, but Gun Shilu quickly got rid of them. When he looked up, he saw Sima Fei looking at him with a faint smile on his face.
The two of them had a tacit understanding and said nothing.
Fei Sima suddenly took out his abacus and started beating it again. The rhythm was brisk and noisy. The crisp sound of the abacus and Fei Sima's words echoed in the room:
"When my fifth son came last time, he said that two capable officials from the Revenue Department of the Governor's Office had just taken leave and returned to the capital, leaving a lot of things unattended. It's hard to find help nowadays, so you should help put in some effort."
"How dare an official like me disobey your order?" The expression of Sima Gun remained unchanged.
"Oh, by the way, find an opportunity to pass on the news that the Changning Sect is going to declare war on the New Yun League to Qin Sufu." Seeing that the fake Sima Gong had a suspicious look on his face, Sima Fei said again: "Let Yin Shangong know too, he will go, and then Hei Lu may even fight harder."
"I will do it right away." Gun Shilu showed a look of realization on his face and bowed to take his leave.
The door closed, and Fei Sima's fingers suddenly stopped. He looked outside the door and murmured, "You hate me for not being a loyal minister, but aren't you also a stupid minister? How can you small clans know how mean and ungrateful the Kuang family is? How can you trust them all?"
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"What do you think?" The Taoist in black shoes looked at Kang Dabao, who was looking worried. Although Kang Dabao frowned, his words were full of heroism: "Based on the information that Master Uncle got from Sima Gun, since we can't hide, let's fight! The sooner we fight, the sooner we can be at peace."
“This timid problem has finally improved.” Taoist Hei Lu first praised with a smile, then restrained his expression and said: “Now that I think about it, I made a wrong move with the New Cloud Alliance.
Tie Liuyun's spiritual stone is very hot, and the two people in the Sima Mansion of the State Court are also not very happy with the so-called New Cloud Alliance. I am sorry that this has caused you some trouble."
"Ha, I can earn 6,000 spirit stones just by lying down in a year. It would be better if Master Uncle could come to help me more in the future."
Seeing Kang Dabao start to act cute again, Hei Lu Dao Ren laughed again and said softly: "What are you going to do next?"
"It's possible that this battle can last until the Xiaohuan Mountain's protective formation is set up, but it's not easy for me to save these bottles and jars, and it's not easy to settle this battlefield on our side of the Chongming Sect. Please ask Uncle Master to take the lead, and let's fight!"
When Master Kang spoke, a sharp light suddenly flashed in his eyes, so bright that the black-shoe Taoist almost dazzled him.
"After building the foundation, you are a little different after all." The black-shoe Taoist showed satisfaction on his face and laughed, "Very good! I used to think that you only learned the surface of my elder brother, but today I know that you are indeed worthy of being my elder brother's personal disciple!"
After calming down, he continued, "Boy, how long do you think it will take to prepare for this?"
"It can't be too long. We can't keep it secret for too long. I think we should set it in about two months." The head of Kangda said:
"I would like to ask my uncle to personally come out and explain to each of the sects: this is not the time to uphold sectarianism. This battle is related to the future survival of each sect's lineage. Please make sure they take it seriously."
"Well, don't worry, I will definitely convince them." The Taoist in black shoes was full of confidence. He pointed his finger at the flying sword and said with a faint smile.
The head of the Kang sect seemed to be infected by the confidence, and his expression became much more relaxed: "My nephew, I will go out to beg for alms again."
The black-shoe Taoist asked suspiciously, "Fei family?"
Kang Dabao nodded and continued, "In addition to the Fei family, we also need to talk to the Yue family to see if they are really willing to put up some money to compete with the Jingji Yuancongs. If our New Yun League does well in this battle, they will definitely gain some glory, right?"
"That makes sense. Yue Feng is serving as a priest in Chongming Market. He is a man of influence in the Yue family. Go find him and ask him carefully."
"Yes."
Master Kang came out of the quiet room and summoned his fellow disciples in the sect to tell them about preparing for war.
This is not the first time that Chongming Sect has done this. It is a common practice and needs no further explanation. The most important thing now is to tell several junior brothers not to leak the news.
Kang Dabao noticed that although his fellow apprentices showed no fear on their faces, they were not in a good mood.
This is normal. After all, except Jiang Qing who is guarding the spirit stone mine in Tanggu County, no one at home can feel happy about such a big battle.
"Junior Brother Pei, put your cultivation aside for now and prepare some more elixirs for you two or three disciples. Go to the storehouse later to get some spiritual stones. If you can refine the elixirs you need, refine them. If you can't, buy them." Kang Dabao thought for a moment and said, "Can my Changsheng help me?"
"If Changsheng continues to work hard for another two to three years, he might try to refine a high-grade elixir." Pei Yi thought about it and said frankly.
Kang Dabao sighed in his heart, "It will take another two or three years?"
As early as one or two years ago, Pei Yi said that Yuan Changsheng would soon be able to make pills on his own, and the head of Kangda thought it was true. You know, Yuan Changsheng has been a disciple of Pei Yi for some years, but it is hard for him to become a first-class alchemist today.
This kind of talent, among the alchemy students in ordinary alchemy rooms, can only be described as so-so at best, but is far from being excellent.
The head of Kangda turned to look at Yuan Jin, who also had a trace of worry between his brows.
The path of the Five Spiritual Roots is difficult, and judging from the little talent Yuan Changsheng has shown as a pill master, it is far from enough for him to have a smooth career in cultivation.
If there are no major changes in the future, it may be very difficult for Yuan Changsheng to even achieve the same level of success as Yuan Jin.
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. After Kang Dabao sighed, he did not think much about it. He asked Yuan Jin to stop the weapon refining orders received by Chongming Xiaolou first, and took Ye Pingshui to repair the magic weapons of the disciples as appropriate.
Ye Pingshui can now help Yuan Jin a lot. His talent for refining tools is much higher than Yuan Changsheng's talent for refining pills. He can now refine some crude and inferior magic tools.
Although it doesn't look good and its power is average, if you are willing to sell it at a low price and put it in a corner of Chongming Building, it won't be sold. There are still more poor people in this world.
After discussing with his fellow apprentices, Kang Dabao did not rush out. He first spent the whole morning in the Mechanical Puppet Building, teaching his disciples and honing their skills.
In the afternoon, I went to Baiyi Hall again and had a chat with two newly hired teachers. Neither of them had high abilities, one was a first-rank low-grade earth master, and the other a first-rank middle-grade talisman master, but they were honest and dutiful, and were good enough to be hired as teachers to enlighten disciples.
The geomancer in front was fine, but it was hard to say how long the talisman master behind would stay. Who knows, after Kang Dabao and his apprentice sister calmed down, he might have to find another way to make a living in order to save money.
In the evening, he personally went to the scripture hall to teach a class. These little kids who had rarely seen the head master were so shocked that they almost couldn't recognize the words.
After a busy day yesterday, the next day, Master Kang did not stop even after getting up from Madam Huo. He pulled Zhou Yixiu to the center of the spiritual field on Fangshi Mountain.
The other spiritual plants were not important, but Kang Dabao was still very concerned about this glass treasure tree. The head of the Kang Da Sect had heard the Black Shoe Taoist and Ye Zhengwen discuss the origin of the glass treasure tree.
This item did not exist in the David Immortal Dynasty. It was obtained by the monks of the Snow Mountain Road from the Xuemi Holy Land, Cibao Mountain, which was far away from the Immortal Dynasty.
According to legend, that was the place where the True Buddha attained enlightenment in his early years. The monks prayed that this spiritual root would be planted and wait for the results to be produced so that they could lay the foundation for future generations.
Master Kang couldn't tell whether the story was true or not, but he had heard Taoist Heilu say that the grade of the glass treasure tree given by Bushe was not low, and it was very close to the second grade.
The fruits that will be produced at that time will help strengthen the foundation and essence of all the Qi-cultivating disciples in the sect, and will be of great benefit to their path.
Unfortunately, the Chongming Sect's mountain protection formation has not yet been built, and can't provide protection that far away.
If the Changning Sect were to really attack within the next one or two years, not only the Glazed Treasure Tree, but also the spiritual fields and newly planted spiritual plants of the Chongming Sect scattered across the country would be completely destroyed.
Sui Kang Dabao wanted Zhou Yixiu to come over again to see if the Glazed Treasure Tree could be moved inside the sect and well cared for.
After hearing the request from Sect Leader Kang, Master Lao Jia frowned for a long time and said, "Sect Leader, I'm afraid this cannot be done. My attainments are shallow, and I really don't have much confidence."
"Huh, nothing, it's me who is an outsider who is too demanding, don't mind it, Junior Brother." Since it's impossible, Kang Dabao will not force it. If Zhou Yixiu said it can't be done, then don't do it.
However, the formation outside the spiritual field needs someone to tidy up a bit, and this job will naturally fall on Wei Gu, the first formation master of Chongming Sect.
Wei Gu has been working very hard in the past one or two years, diligently serving the second-level formation master that Kang Dabao invited from the Fei family, and has learned some basic skills.
The skills are not easily passed on. The second-level formation master only came to help because the Fei family paid a large amount of spirit stones. He naturally had no intention of taking in a first-level low-grade formation master who was over 40 years old and had mediocre qualifications as his apprentice.
However, considering Wei Gu's diligence, sincerity and honesty, this second-level formation master would give him some pointers when he was in a good mood.
Not only did he rely on this accumulation, but after returning home every day, Wei Gu would continue to work day and night with the formation master's notes that Sect Leader Kang brought back that year. With such hard work, he finally crossed the threshold of a first-level intermediate formation master.
Sect Leader Kang had discussed this matter with the second-rank formation master. After hearing about it, the latter expressed some praise, but he was not optimistic about Wei Gu's future path in formation.
Some things, after all, cannot be achieved by just working hard.
Although Wei Gu's attainments in the art of formations were not high, he was very resolute in doing things. After listening to the idea of the headmaster Kang, he went to the sect's warehouse to apply for materials without any delay.
Kang Dabao felt some emotion when he saw this. Zhou Yixiu, Wei Gu, and even Mo Ku who had not yet achieved the status of a master farmer even after he was over thirty, were disciples who had almost no hope of building a foundation, but they were an indispensable part of the Chongming Sect.
Only with disciples like them who are passionate about the sect can the sect have flesh and blood and not be invaded by cold.
Since everyone is working so hard, I, as the leader, should do my best not to let them down.
After the head of the sect sorted out all the matters in the sect, Kang Da felt relieved. He then went out with a heroic spirit to beg for food from Sima Fei.
——Ten days later, in Qinghan Courtyard
The red-hot spiritual carbon is very bright red, and the carbon smoke is not turbid, thick or choking, but instead emits a pleasant fruity wood aroma.
A soft hand reached out and picked up an open, shallow-bellied jade plate. Snow-white slender fingers picked up the petals of the various spiritual flowers inside and placed them one by one into the warm-colored small cauldron on top of the spiritual charcoal.
The tea in the pot had already boiled, and the hot steam soon seeped into the petals, adding another layer of color to them.
Even though the flowers were beautiful and the tea was fragrant, Master Kang was unable to take his eyes away.
The owner of Roudi was sitting opposite Kang Dabao, and was so burned by his gaze that she uttered a coquettish cry: "What are you looking at?!"
"Oh, look... look at you." Master Kang came back to his senses, hurriedly picked up the tea and took a sip to cover up the shame on his face.
"Idiot!" Fei Shuhe covered his face and laughed, then picked up the small pot and filled Kang Dabao's empty cup, then asked with a smile: "Did you really not even see my uncle this time?"
Kang Dabao's face was even more embarrassed. "Bo Yue asked his family to tell me that he is busy and has no time to chat with me. Also, don't think about asking for money from the Fei family anymore. The spirit stones for the formation master are still paid by Qinghan Academy. We can talk about it after the money is settled in one or two years."
"Uncle is right. It will take one or two years to pay it back." Fei Shuhe deliberately acted annoyed. The head of Kangda took the opportunity to sit over, pinched her shoulders skillfully, and thanked her repeatedly, "Thank you so much, madam."
Yu'er, who was standing nearby, covered Ping'er's eyes while she was looking at him intently. The bird that was used to saying auspicious words, however, flapped its short wings and flew over again: "Congratulations, son-in-law, congratulations, miss, I wish you a long and happy marriage and a son soon. I wish you a long and happy marriage and a son soon..."
Today, their relationship has advanced by leaps and bounds compared to the past and can be called close.
All they had to do was go to Fei Shuhe's soft couch, take off their clothes, and roll around for a night, and then they would be a genuine Taoist couple for immortality.
Fei Shuhe had become somewhat tolerant of Kang Dabao's intimacy, and even with two pretty maids by his side, he showed no shyness on his face.
The cooking skills of the headmaster Kang were good, which made the lady of the Fei family feel comfortable and her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. At this time, she looked at Kang Dabao with affection and whispered to comfort him:
"Even if your uncle is unwilling to help you, you don't have to worry. In my Qinghan Courtyard, there is Madam Sun who has been building her foundation for many years, as well as guards in the late 20s and 30s, and 10 to 20 cleaning and Qi training. All in all, we are not much different from those ordinary small sects in your Yunjiaozhou.
If you wait another three to five years, until I have achieved Dao foundation, then even the Shujian Sect will be no match for us, right?"
Fei Shuhe said this, turned sideways, and whispered to the head of the Kang family: "I know you are reluctant to part with your disciples, but I asked Madam Sun to make a list for you. Many people in the courtyard have signed death contracts. You don't have to worry about anything when you use them."
"If Madam leaves, you will be safe." Kang Dabao showed no joy when hearing the news, but a worried look instead.
"Don't pretend. I'll just stay at home for a few days. Can that Changning Sect really attack the Fei family? You're such a smooth talker, how could you not think of that? And you're still trying to coax me." The beauty pouted and glanced at him sideways, full of charm.
"I know you have a lot on your mind, so I won't keep you here. Since the Fei family has been disappointed, you can go find Yue Feng and have a good talk. If he dares to be arrogant, then just tell him that Nan'an Earl and I have the same mother's family."
Seeing Kang Dabao's shocked look, Fei Shuhe's beautiful eyes revealed a hint of mischief: "If the Yue family dares to learn to be stingy, then I will write a letter back and describe his daughter as a slut and see if she can still be the Earl's wife."
The expression of the head of Kangda became more shocked, and he thought to himself: "If I marry a virtuous woman who is both virtuous and beautiful, won't God envy me?"
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